While Sen. John McCain was giving a fiery speech on the Senate floor slamming the Obama administration's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, he missed a committee briefing on the investigation from officials from the State and Defense Departments.

Around the same time McCain declared on the Senate floor the need for a select committee to investigate the attacks in Libya, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee — of which McCain is a member — was learning additional details about the investigation and the attack from the officials.

In fact, when Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) came out of the "classified, closed-door briefing," he made it clear that he thought McCain's goal of a special congressional committee is unnecessary.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, the top Republican on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, agreed with Lieberman and hit McCain for missing the meeting.

Via Politico:

Collins ... backed up her chairman, Lieberman, and dinged McCain, a member of the panel, for missing Wednesday’s nearly two-hour briefing in the Capitol.

Both Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, “who was there at briefing, and Sen. McCain, who was not, are members of our committee, and I know they would play very important roles,” Collins told POLITICO after the briefing.

“I do not see the benefit of creating a brand new committee when we already have the Senate’s chief oversight committee, plus the Intelligence Committee, examining this very important matter.”

Attacking Obama is the only purpose in life for the loser Repubs. McCain et al doesnt give a single fork about a few dead Americans. 2014 is just around the corner and the campaigning has already started.

He's now upset that he's being "badgered" by CNN about why he missed the meeting, instead choosing to respond with "no comment." I can't help but wonder if that would be an acceptable response to his "badgering" over the Benghazi details?

What does he know about why he missed the meeting, and when did he know it? Americans have the right to know.

Sen. John McCain has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama‘s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. So it followed that when McCain wasn’t in attendance at classified briefing about the matter, a question arose: Why? CNN sought to get an answer — but McCain wasn’t keen on giving one.

“The senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing” CNN reported, “which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials.” Pressed about why he wasn’t at the meeting, McCain responded, “I have no comment about my schedule and I’m not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media.”

From there, he evidently grew more irritated:

Asked why he wouldn’t comment, McCain grew agitated: “Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?”

When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, “I’m upset that you keep badgering me.”

He's already got the most senior House Republican woman on board, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Also Dana Rohrabacher of California, who feels as if the President has lied. Who else will join the Insane McCain Posse?